Too great pity is the greatest cruelty.
CATHERINE OF SIENAWhat father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave!
More Catherine of Siena Quotes
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The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.
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The strongest and purest love is not the one that starts from impressions, but the one that comes from admiration.
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Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind.
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Ponder the fact that God has made you a gardener, to root out vice and plant virtue.
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Whoever loves himself or the world inordinately becomes incompatible with himself.
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Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.
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For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.
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Lose yourself wholly; and the more you lose, the more you will find.
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Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.
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A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.
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It is the nature of love to love as much as we feel we are loved and to love whatever the one we love loves.
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You, God, made yourself lowly and small to make us great!
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Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.
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All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, “I am the way.
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Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.
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